 His scenes exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or passion ; his personages are a kind of intellectual gladiators; every sentence is to ward or strike; the contest of smartness is never intermitted; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate...  The General Biographical Dictionary - Stran 161avtor: Alexander Chalmers - 1813Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 strani
...a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every fentence is to ward or ftrite ; the conteft of fmartnefs is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate corrufcations. His comedies have therefore, in fome degree, the opera tion of tragedies ; they furprife... | |
 | 1798 - 604 strani
...a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every fentence is to ward or ftrike ; the conteft of fmartnefs is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate corrufcations. His comedies have therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies ; they furprife... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 strani
...area kind i M intellectual gladiators ; every sentence is to ward or strike ; the contest of tartness is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with ate coruscations. His comedies have therefore, in some degree, the ptratioh of tragedies ; they surprise... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 536 strani
...are a kind of intellectual gladiators; every fentence is to ward or ftrike ; the conteft of fmartnefs is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate corufcations. His comedies have therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies ; they furprife... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 strani
...are a kind of intellectual gladiators; every fentence is to ward or ftrike ; the conteft of fmartnefs is never intermitted ; his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate corufcations. His comedies have therefore, in fome degree, the operation of tragedies ; they furprife... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 300 strani
...exhibit not much of humour, imagery or passion; his personages are a kind of intellectual gladiators; every sentence is to ward or strike ; the contest of smartness is never intermitted ; and his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate coruscations.' There is but one more interview... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 strani
...'exhibit not much of humour, imageiy, or passion: his personages area kind"' of intellectual gladiators; every sentence is to ward or strike; the contest of...wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate coruscations. His comedies have therefore, in some degree, the ' operation of tragedies ; they surprise... | |
 | 1804 - 452 strani
...of intellectual gladiators; every sentence is to warri, or to strike ; the contest of smartness ia never intermitted; his wit is a meteor, playing to and fro, with alternate rorruscations." poetry, the English have none; they have, in their place, satires, full, indeed, of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 strani
...exhibit not much of humour, imagery, or passion : his personages are a kind of intellectual gladiators; every sentence is to ward or strike; the contest of...wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate coruscations. His comedies have therefore, in some degree, the operation of tragedies; they surprise... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 424 strani
...exhibit not much of humour, imagery or passion ; his personages are a kind of intellectual gladiators ; every sentence is to ward or strike ; the contest of smartness is never intermitted : und his wit is a meteor playing to and fro with alternate coruscations.' There is but one more interview... | |
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